Last week I was in Orlando Florida at a business conference. The night before I flew out I was busy furiously packing and that’s when I went ahead and broke my cardinal rule of travel. Only bring comfortable shoes. Never new no matter what.
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This morning when I was rushing out the door, I grabbed my earings off a pretty ceramic saucer I picked up at some thrift store for 99 cents years ago. This is typically where I keep the jewelry I wear most often. Normally this system works great, except that is, when I add necklaces into the mix.
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When I ordered this basic black dress on the Internet last week I was very excited about it. Simple, cute, versatile. Pockets! Lined! Buttons! I wasn’t sure what size would fit me (especially since there were no size charts to be found anywhere on their website) so I ordered 2 sizes. Yesterday both dresses arrived.
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Clearly, I am not the only one who feels passionate about good fitting pants. Finding them, however, is not my favorite way to pass time. Still I have been known to give it the old college try, and in doing so, spent hours inside a small white room with awful florescent lighting switching from one pair to the next, trying to find one that didn’t make my hips look too wide or butt too big. Every so often, I would run across a pair I would think were the ones.
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Sunday we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary and I surprised my husband with a cast iron teapot. Long before I realized iron was the traditional gift for the 6th year, I had plans for that heavy, black teapot.
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